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MaryPIRG Textbooks Graveyard
Friday, October 28, 2011
Affordable Textbooks Campaign Coordinator
Textbooks are too expensive! In fact, the average student pays $1,137 for textbooks every year. Here at UMD, we want to let our professors and administrators know about more affordable options like open source textbooks. Open source textbooks are free online, affordable to print, and of the same quality as your traditional textbooks. On Halloween Day, MaryPIRG will be holding a Textbook Graveyard complete with Zombie volunteers. We'll be collecting photo petitions from students in front of our graveyard of books who have passed (Textbooks that you can't sell and can't reuse at the end of the semester). Come join us, and wear your costume!
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Students let Professors know they want more affordable Textbooks! -
College Park citizens cast their votes in the City Council election. -
Students participate in a survey about water bottle use and accessibility to refilling stations on campus. -
Tabling at the First Look Fair with over 200 other student groups! -
The Textbook Rebellion comes to town demonstrating the need for more affordable textbooks. -
Calling interested volunteers to Get Involved with MaryPIRG! -
Our zombie volunteers exemplify what happens to textbooks after they 'die' at the end of the semester. -
The Food Recovery Network donates another carload of food to the hungry in DC. -
Follow the Vote Goat to vote during the city council election. -
MaryPIRG students collect canned food for the Canpaign at UMD. -
Gravestone from the Textbooks Graveyard showing the need for more affordable textbook options.